Bøger af Erica Chilson

When you're a divorce lawyer, nothing is more terrifying than marital problems, especially when they involve your husband thinking the ability to mind-read translates into unconditional love. Daniel Bishop calls his old roommate for help- Kaden Marx loves nothing more than running to someone's rescue after a decade of always being the one in distress. Neither guy realizes their husbands have been conspiring for months- Uriah Crane has already confided in Wynn Gillette, and then some. After being lied to his entire life, Wynn will never allow his nearest and dearest to lie to one another or to themselves. Determined, this time, the truths that need to be revealed match up with fantasies Wynn hungers to live out in reality. Dan's at his wits' end. Uriah is lost. Kade is in denial. Wynn is in charge. Rusty Knob visits Pittsburgh in the present, but Polished revisits another Pennsylvania town, in another era- State College, back to where all the secrets and lies began for Dan, Kade, and Uriah at Penn State University.

If you want to feel worthy, have worth. If you want to be useful, have a use. If you want to be loved, accept the love that is given freely. Katya Waters has finally made peace with her past, but the present and future are becoming a never-ending nightmare. At the end of Restraint, Katya fled back to her hometown, seeking solace from Ezra's constant micromanaging while hiding from her true feelings over what had happened to her at the hands of the men she had grown to trust. Before Katya can come to terms with the catastrophic events she had endured in Dominion, she is whisked away from the comfort of her safe haven. Never getting a moment to reflect before being thrust back to Dominion, Katya's defenses are down. Ezra's controlling and manipulative ways know no bounds when it comes to Katya and their daughter. Vulnerable and susceptible to his influence, Ezra forces Katya and Ava into The Edge Building's fortress of a gilded cage, where Katya fears she will never get out. Hanging onto her sense of self and moral code is difficult for Katya, as Ezra influences every aspect of her life, leaving her feeling powerless and lost as she falls deeper under his spell. Unsure where she fits into the lives of the men who impact her so deeply, Katya seeks direction from an unlikely source to regain her power. Katya's intuition screams that she is in danger, which is why she allows Ezra to keep her caged safely within the world of his creation. ...And then the threatening notes are delivered- written with the words only the monster ever whispered.

Master of Restraint and sadist, Dexter Hayes has always used the following adage as a form of self-preservation: never ask questions when you aren't prepared to hear the answers. Dexter turned a blind eye on Maître du Jeu's activities, only doing as he was told without question. His sole focus for the past few years had been on his girlfriend, Monica James, and their housemate, Tobias Kline. When the riots began at Restraint, the two halves of Dexter's world collided, putting everyone at risk. Adelaide Whittenhower published the Mistress & Master of Restraint, exposing the secrets of Dominion's underground. The book drew the public to Restraint, and it has been spiraling out of control. Dexter tried to maintain his stance of never knowing too much, but he was swept into the fray. He had lost control of Monica, allowing her insecurities to ruin her from the inside out. Tobias flexed his newfound independence by no longer following Dexter's instruction. The members of Restraint were running rampant, forgetting their training and doing whatever they wished. Dexter felt he knew the people in his life, but as the questions he never asked were being answered, he learned they were always complete strangers. As the battle lines were drawn, Dexter learned a valuable lesson- pleading ignorance may have been his greatest downfall yet.

Royce Kennedy believes he has the town of Rusty Knob and its citizens in the palm of his hand. For altruistic reasons, of course. A real man takes care of his land and the people on it, whether they want to accept the help or not. After fostering an orphan, adopting underprivileged kids, creating businesses to bring jobs back to the area, donating his time, energy, and money by founding the Community Growth: Life Skills Center, people are beginning to wonder if the man is running a campaign to earn the status of a saint. Royce's family is getting frustrated by idly watching their patriarch spread himself too thin, because he won't allow them to shoulder his burdens or their own. Drastic measures are taken before the man can see reason. When the dust finally settles, Royce realizes he's been taking care of everyone but himself. But there's a problem with sorting out your issues, with the clarity of mind, you can't hide from the good, bad, and downright filthy secrets buried in the depths of your past. With dark, violent, depraved skeletons, Rusty Knob's patriarch isn't as pure of soul as he appears to be. Will he finally surrender and accept the help to buff the tarnish away? Just because it's the moral thing to do, doesn't mean it's the right thing for you.

With a single glance in the mirror, the reflection gazing back evokes Mira's sense of self. Struggling to rearrange the broken fragments of her psyche, Mira attempts to piece her memories together into a survivable landscape. Once, twice, a dozen cycles, Mira is forced to experience memories plucked from time, over and over again until they finally take root, as if they're happening in the now. One misstep. A chemical-induced amnesia resets the cycle, where she is destined to repeat her own history. Instead of naturally spreading the events over a lifetime, Mira must face the traumatic demons of her past in agonizing bursts. The pain. The joy. The sorrow. Will it be one time too many? That last traumatic nudge propelling Mira over the edge of the abyss into lucidity, or will she be stuck in an endless rotation where her memories lock her away from reality?

I am Katya Waters. A survivor of violence. I fought death and won. So why do I feel so dead inside? Katya Waters is a small-town girl, mentally unprepared to deal with her deep, dark past. While walking in her sanctuary, her innocence was torn from her in the most brutal fashion- run to the ground as if she were an animal by a pack of vicious Hunters. After they wounded her spirit, they left her for dead. How does one overcome a debilitating, tragic event? By strength, perseverance, and an unrelenting will to survive. Out of desire, Katya no longer wanted to be the hunted. She hungered to be the hunter. Finally taking her life into her own hands, Katya reached for what she'd earned, for the respect every human being so rightfully deserves. By moving to a new city for the job of her dreams, Katya unwittingly brought her past nightmares to life, slowly drawing the repressed, dark memories into the light. With a deep desire to explore her true nature, Katya entered the BDSM Club, Restraint; never realizing there would be no escape from her secrets within the club's walls. Katya's entire existence turned into a living, breathing, never-ending therapy session from Hell. The Boss pulled Katya into a thrilling game of Kat & Mouse as a way to force Katya to accept the truth of her past. Follow Katya's heartbreaking journey as she connected the mystery of her past with her thrilling present. ... As long as I have a tomorrow, I can endure today.

Rags to Riches... The queen is not born- she is forged through survival. You've read the Mistress and Master of Restraint series in present day. Join Regina Regal nineteen years in the past to where it all began with Jaded. Even as a scholarship student, Regina Regal is the brightest at Hillbrook Prep, causing her to straddle two extremes between the destitute class she dwells in and the affluent she visits daily. Neither of which welcomes her with open arms, forcing her to choose between her people and her friends. While dealing with insurmountable loss, Regina has more burdens placed upon her shoulders than the average adult could carry. With her mother dying, Regina has a difficult time crossing the line from caregiver to daughter in order to have both her mother's and her own emotional needs met. Regina is struggling to keep her head above water as she takes on more debt from her mother's mounting medical bills and living expenses, only to realize she is drowning. At eighteen, with a college scholarship guaranteeing she will join the ranks of her one-percenter classmates, Regina should have the world at her fingertips. Since she was young, Regina has been the provider, creating a young woman who has the need to survive and a hunger to be in control. But she finds herself falling apart, making horrible decisions that have lifelong consequences. Regina Regal's life changes irrevocably when her best friend, Adelaide, invites her to study at the imposing Whittenhower Estates. Going against her instincts, Regina is compelled to visit Misery Castle. The girl who entered Misery Castle's iron gate will not be the jaded woman who flees it almost five years later...

For the past four years, Dalton Fontaine Marconi has been living incognito as Dalton Thompson. After his grandfather's murder, Dalton's self-preservation led him to Dominion, New York. As Restraint's resident antagonist, Dalton has been doing his mother's bidding. Olivia Fontaine always wants something from someone, and she always uses her son to get it. In order to deal with the ramifications, Dalton finds comfort in the fact that he's doing it for altruistic reasons. But thinking it and feeling it are not the same beast, and the pressure is suffocating him. As a masochist, Dalton balances on a knife's edge between self-punishment and the point of no return. Restraint was plagued with riots, leading the rest of Dalton's family to Dominion, and together they set out to protect the Masters of Restraint. But as Restraint crumbles down to its foundation, Dalton's life does as well. While trying to hide his true nature, Dalton pushes the members of Restraint, oddly finds Pretty Boy Whittenhower taking a shine to him, joins Generation Next, and tries to locate the mole leaking the information published in the Mistress & Master of Restraint books. Walking down a lonely path of alienation, Dalton discovers those he's trying to protect are actually protecting him from the very monster who set it all into motion.

The townsfolk of Rusty Knob, West Virginia, see the Gillettes as ignorant wastes of space- worthless drunk sponges. As the youngest, Wynn may be a Gillette, but he doesn't act, nor think like one. At only seventeen, he studies hard, plays basketball harder, and works the hardest. Wynn is numb to his core, no longer feeling the hits that keep knocking him down to the ground. He's unable to see the bright future laid out before him. Royce Kennedy, a distant relative, tries all he can do to save the youngest generation of Gillettes from the dark shroud of bitter ignorance infecting them via their neglectful upbringing. Wynn's studying is to the backdrop of drunken chaos, his relationship with friends and family are tainted by a narrow world view, and his life is filled with more questions than answers. His every dollar earned is bled dry come payday, only to have his parents piss it down the toilet or blow caustic smoke to billow in the air. A warped sense of loyalty forces Wynn to be his family's enabler, and he's paying the ultimate price. With the support system of Royce, the mentor of the school district's LGBTQ online community, and Wynn's friends, they try to prove to Wynn he deserves anything he needs, whether he earns it or not. Growing up in an ignorant wasteland, he never learned love, friendship, and respect are unconditional, can never be purchased, and should never be abused. Wynn Gillette is at a crossroads. One thing's for sure, he cannot continue on this destructive path. Wynn has to end the only life he's ever known, breaking the bitter legacy passed down from one generation to the next. One way or the other. Permanently.

Orbiting one another's lives, yet never intersecting, a clandestine meeting finally pushes Opal Fischer within Ginny Jamison's path. In the past, in the present, and in the future, both women make a major impact on the lives of the Blended Family. They worry more about their loved ones than themselves, pushing their needs and wants to the back-burner. They themselves are the only ones in their own path to true happiness, by holding onto the debilitating wounds of the past and refusing to let go of their visions of the future. Opal's lifelong adage: the sin isn't in the wanting; it's in the taking. Will Ginny be able to make Opal realize the sin is actually in the regret of never taking what you want, what you so rightfully deserve? Wanton (Blended #4) is a full-length Contemporary Romance novel featuring the slowly budding relationship between two females. Warning: a glimpse into future Blended Series books, with sensually erotic scenes featuring f/f & f/f/m. Wanton is approximately 67,000 words in length.

Jaded, thy name is Regina Regal. Enduring a trial by fire, she will be Queened. Regina Regal wavers between apathetic and destructive because she's numb inside and out. Lost in a sea of ennui, she goes through the motions of everyday life but never truly lives. Happiness is a foreign concept. In the absence of numbness is pain- a pain so agonizing she would rather stick her head in the sand than feel the devastating loss of the father of her children. Thrust from Misery Castle, not only losing Grant, she leaves her first born behind. In the ashes of her despair, Regina creates a family for her daughter. But as her eyes open wide, she realizes everything is built on an illusion. Betrayed. Abandoned. Grieving yet filled with guilt, Regina finally comes to the realization that she has been toyed with as a pawn in a sadistic game Dominion's founders have played since before she ever set foot into Hillbrook. Every move she has made has been orchestrated by the very people she has grown to love and trust. Restraint draws Regina into a whole new world- one that has been at her fingertips but she was too blind to see. Forced with the task to choose between love and self-respect, Regina learns how if you feel empowered while you're on your knees, no one can tear you down when you're standing firmly on your own two feet.